WHAT YOU LEFT ME

15 domestic objects & 5:51 color video, no audio

A collection of jewelry including watches, pearl necklaces, rings, and bracelets in a white paper bag.
Close-up of pink and orange rhinestone jewelry on a white background.
A pair of vintage brown leather cowboy boots with laces, seen from the front against a white background.
A table lamp with a cream-colored lampshade and a gold-colored base, with a yellow cord and plug attached, on a white background.
Open cookbook with recipes, magazine pages, and advertisements inside.
An orange plastic box with a transparent lid that is secured with a metal clasp.
A porcelain vase with a floral pattern of pink, blue, and green flowers against a white background.
String of multicolored Christmas lights on a white background.
A silver decorative tray with intricate engravings and a beaded edge.
A vintage black vinyl record with a worn label, resting on a pile of old, slightly torn and aged paper album covers.
White wedding album with gold accents and floral design, opened to show blank pages.
A pair of aviator sunglasses placed on top of a closed blue book or notebook.
Cross-stitch pillow with cats and the text "One cat can never have too many cats."
Colorful soap bars arranged in a scattered pattern on a white background.
A framed portrait of a young girl with blonde hair, wearing a white dress with a Peter Pan collar, painted in an impressionistic style.

What You Left Me presents fifteen household objects arranged on a long table, with projected text naming each item and the weight it carries. These are not heirlooms of obvious value but ordinary objects that, when paired with language, become charged with expectation and the legacy of inheritance.

The installation sets object and text in tension, opening a space between the accepted and the resisted, the material and the meaning attached to it. In this friction, the everyday becomes something else: artifacts that echo loss, continuity, and the complicated ways selfhood is shaped by what is passed down. What You Left Me insists that inheritance is never passive but an active negotiation between presence and absence.

What You Left Me at AUTOMAT Gallery, February 2026

Display screen showing a red plastic cashbox with coins inside.
A digital display screen shows the text: 'The cracked orange sewing box that saw my clothes'.
Gallery display with digital screens showing a colorful digital illustration, with white mop-like objects crossing the floor and leaning against the wall.